Peace River Campground in Arcadia Florida

It's true, we knew the hurricane was coming. But all the forecasts and tracks had it landing further north in the Tampa area. Over 200,000 people there were evacuated, etc.. The storm just inched eastward with each update. They planned on a devastating storm surge in the Tampa area and as it was, the bay was basically drained prior to landfall further south. Where I live in central Florida east of Tampa we were forecast for 24 inches of rain. We got 2.4 inches. We still were in the path and got hit, but from a different direction and that made all the difference. As I watch the video of Peace River, I would guess most of those RV's were there permanently and people may not have had the means to move them. I haven't heard how many if any loss of life there.

It's easy to look back and say, "You should have done this. . . or that." How great it would be if we had that information sooner than later.

Dale